Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dyson , chewing hard , ‘ 1 must admit that I should like to make a name for myself , just for its own sake . ’ |
| 4 | I should like to make a couple of points about the Bill 's two substantive provisions before turning to its hidden agenda . |
| 5 | Therefore , I should like to make a suggestion , which I know will be regarded as special pleading . |
| 6 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on public expenditure in Scotland . |
| 7 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on the European Council in Maastricht which I attended with my right hon. Friends the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 8 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about the Government 's legislative intentions , following the consultation on the Green Paper ’ Industrial Relations in the 1990s ’ , which was published in July last year . |
| 9 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about President Yeltsin 's visit to London on 30 January and about the special meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on 31 January . |
| 10 | ‘ Accepting — if I am to consent , I should like to make a condition or two — ‘ |
| 11 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 12 | I should have made a list . |
| 13 | I knew that I should have to make a decision . |
| 14 | I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there . |
| 15 | I 'll need to make a telephone call to Mike … |
| 16 | I 'll have to make a dash for it . ’ |
| 17 | You mean if they have n't got any I 'll have to make a model . |
| 18 | I ca n't I ca n't really think I 'll have to make a list out you know but er you know I got just think of anything that 's , you know as I say I 've got got some fo cat food will get some dry cat food yeah Oh I cou sta if I start thinking I 'll I 'll I 'll |
| 19 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 20 | When we look when we look upwards in eclipse what you can actually see if if you can imagine that 's a circular quite like an if I was really together I could have made a circular |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I could have made a mistake . ’ |
| 22 | . I could have made a job |
| 23 | Erm , th I 'd like to make a couple of points about traditions , women 's traditions , one is particularly looking at th the oral tradition o , the tradition of poetry in Scotland , and there 's a very rich tradition of Gaelic poetry , and ballad singing , as |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd like to make a couple of calls . ’ |
| 25 | In respect of these erm motions , I 'd like to make a couple of points on each one . |
| 26 | I 'd like to make a fry-up of eggs , bacon , sausage and beans , and leave splattered fat all over the place and traces of ketchup on my plate . |
| 27 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 28 | Erm I 'd like to make a point about the this question of an agricultural land quality criterion in the policy . |
| 29 | I 'd like to make a rug during this winter . |
| 30 | I 'd like to make a body puncture and wait , till I committed myself . ’ |